Necklacing

Necklacing was a form of summary execution that involved putting a tire around a victim's neck, dousing it in oil, and burning them to death over 20 minutes. The practice began in the Eastern Cape area of South Africa in the mid-1980s when pro-African National Congress rioters in townships would execute fellow Bantus that did not take part in their anti-white activities, the goals of which were to make South Africa "ungovernable". Sometimes, police would even use the tactic. From 1992 to 1995, up to 605 people were killed by necklacing, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu was opposed to this crime, even throwing himself around an accused police informant to save him from execution. Necklacing has since been seen in Haiti, Sri Lanka, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and Brazil as a form of vigilante or criminal murder.